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Jeanette DeDios/91暗网-FMMay 5th marks the National Day of Awareness for Missing and Murdered Indigenous People across the country. In Albuquerque, the Indian Affairs Department held an event on Monday at the Indian Pueblo Cultural Center where families of the missing, state officials and advocates came together to bring awareness to the ongoing crisis. -
On this episode we talk about the promises and threats from private equity ownership in health care. New Mexico has the highest proportion of private equity- owned hospitals in the country and we鈥檝e been named most at risk of further private equity takeovers. That's why lawmakers recently passed an oversight bill on hospital acquisitions and mergers.
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During the past legislative session, there were a number of efforts to change how the political body works. Those included bills to pay members of the only unpaid legislature in the country and altering the length of the annual sessions. But only one passed 鈥� House Joint Resolution 2, which would require New Mexico governors to give reasons behind a pocket veto. -
About a third of New Mexicans depend on medicaid to pay for health care. While our state legislature has signalled support by passing a bill to create a new medicaid trust fund, the United States congress is debating deep cuts to spending, including on medicaid. On the next Let鈥檚 Talk New Mexico, how would federal cuts affect health care in our state? -
Thousands of New Mexicans gathered Saturday in downtown Albuquerque to oppose the Trump Administration. The event was one of about a dozen in New Mexico and many more nationwide. -
Long-time labor activist Dolores Huerta was at the Hands Off! protest in Albuquerque on Saturday. She鈥檚 originally from Dawson, New Mexico, and worked alongside C茅sar Ch谩vez to co-founded the United Farmworkers. -
On the next Let鈥檚 Talk New Mexico, we鈥檒l discuss the power of oil and gas in our statehouse and why legislators may not be willing to change rules for the industry that brings about a third of the state鈥檚 total revenue while being the top emitter of greenhouse gases. -
Native American students make up 11% of public school enrollment in New Mexico. Yet there are not enough resources for them to learn their Native languages. A bill passed in the recent legislative session would create new schools under a state-tribal compact to address those gaps. -
New Mexico joins three other states that have created an alert system for missing Indigenous people. The bill unanimously passed both chambers on Thursday and now heads to the governor. -
We鈥檒l reflect on the end of the 2025 legislative session by talking with journalists who followed all 60 days at the Roundhouse. -
Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham 鈥減artially鈥� vetoed a bill on Thursday aiming to bring sweeping reform to the Department of Game and Fish 鈥� the state鈥檚 premier wildlife conservation agency. -
Native American students in New Mexico will be able to wear their tribal regalia at graduation ceremonies this spring after Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham signed a bill into law on Wednesday.
